Found 2 items, similar to mechanize.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mechanize
mechanize
v 1: equip with armed and armored motor vehicles;
“mechanize
armies” [syn:
mechanise,
motorize,
motorise]
2: make monotonous; make automatic or routine;
“If your work
becomes too mechanized, change jobs!” [syn:
mechanise]
3: make mechanical;
“mechanize the procedure” [syn:
mechanise]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mechanize
Mechanize
\Mech"an*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Mechanized; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Mechanizing.] [Cf. F. m['e]chaniser.]
1. To cause to be mechanical. --Shelley.
[1913 Webster]
2. To introduce machinery into (a process) in order to reduce
human effort or improve uniformity or quality of the
result; especially, To cause to be accomplished by a
mechanical means which requires little or no human
supervision; to automate.
[PJC]
3. Hence: (Mil.) To equip (an armed force) with tanks or
other vehicles.
[PJC]